This is John Batchelor, a conversation with colleague Gregory Copley about the fate of Al-Shaara,

the man who's named himself president of Syria. I'm told by Bill Rajo of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy,

more accurate would be mayor of parts of Damascus. Nonetheless, Al-Sahara has ambitions to be the president, naming himself, and so far,

Turkey, sponsoring Al-Shaara in the dash from Idlib province to Damascus, is supporting him. But what about

the future? Gregory, comments on what we can expect, what might happen, what Alshara wants, and the stability of Syria

when it returns. Here's Gregory Copley on Alshara, the president of Syria.

It could do, but interim president Al-Sharah has sworn that he will crack down on his own forces when he finds out who is responsible

for these massacres in the Latakia region.

And it's possible that if the Latakia region holds out that the Turks will not be able to

get the basing there that they are looking for, and it's possible that it could declare itself as an

independent zone and invite the Russians back in. By the way, the Israelis would not be necessarily

averse to that, because that would help control Turkey as well. So these things are all

up in the air, and there are a lot of possibilities out there.

But I don't believe it's going to go on for the whole century.

I think we will see a form of stability.

And Al-Sharia, Al-Sharra, rather, has indicated, I think, that he's willing to talk moderation,

not only to the U.S., but also to Israel and Saudi Arabia and the like in the region.

And that means that he would have to break away somewhat from Ankara if he can afford to do it,

given the number of MIT intelligence personnel and Turkish armed forces personnel now controlling so much of the Syrian government.